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July
02:17
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on the last day of July
after my poor actions
I put myself in your car
and drove to Madison
I hadn't slept in three days
I knew this was coming
I could have been in California
with you and your family
but I chose to get high
separate my head from my mind
felt like the wrong thing
and with that I was right
you were selfless
you cared for everyone
you saw something in me
and we were in love
but we've come to this Point
where I'm someone you can't trust
and Lizzie it kills us
that you knew who I was
but Moose doesn't
but Moose doesn't
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2. |
Kayak
04:42
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I know you're thinking it
so ask it
yeah no, I'm on it
our place on College
I trashed with my taste
see I needed the time to think
of what to do
take your kayak
and go with Zay
I'll search for apartments
is what I say
we're moving to Chicago
we're moving
that's what we think
that's what we think
we watch Amber's dog
as I'm breaking down
you notice what's not there
then you try to hear me out
then you freak out
then you freak out
take your kayak
calm down, let me be alone
it's what I think I want
to get back up before I come down
before I come down
and realize my inaction
cost me your love
cost me your love
your studio in Chicago
my room on Franklin
all from my inability
to treat you like a woman
to treat you like a woman
to treat you like a woman
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3. |
Power outage
02:44
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Kiwi Tornado
bred by Forrest
driving down Division
looking for
looking for a mom
dig a trench on Maria
save the patio from
the storm
the storm
have the cafe think I'm sweating
I look at them
all they say is noise
noise
is all they say
"Josie between us
you want to teach in Japan
oh, that's fine
but you have to tell Conna about us
you have to"
this power outage
the birds and the bats
the weekend's always busy
but today's a mess
a mess
oh today's a mess
Dave's always home
outside my door
Jeff is downstairs
Lythia's in the tub
I ask him for his truck
and he lets me
and he helps me
an Accent to turn on Church
hazards like flags
buy her out
signal a parade
oh, I lie
say he's in a circle of candles
a seance corner
that's why I can't go
oh I'll be with you all
oh I'll be with you all
oh I'll be with you all
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4. |
Glendalough
03:09
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let's talk about Tokyo
tell me how he asked you
at Team Labs, you both were barefoot
you saw it coming
then he asked you
the plan to marry your best friend
in Ireland in August
and you want me to officiate
because I've been there for so much of it
what should I say?
I remember the look on your face when he'd come into our work
on your first date you thought something else first
how he can convinced us Malört tasted good
I remember the Uhaul
and us screaming Gun Song
suddenly
suddenly you feel it
suddenly Lake Geneva
won't be a place
you see every other week
I love who both of you are when you're together
but I love who you both are, when you're not together
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5. |
Disability
04:13
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pasta for breakfast
stabbed at a chicken farm
both of them taking time from this
focus on their starts
Fridays water
she goes fishing with whoever
a memorial in a garage
ant hills
sprinklers
I'm texting my sister and she's herself
I'd toss my heart for them to keep theirs
I'd find a ride to Newaygo
for a bonfire
a keepsake for doing something
I don't
but she hears Nitro
a pet she'll market
a man with these eyes
and mail with 20 addresses
a Pittsburgh sky deck
I have a take
and Coventry will give it
I don't need what they do
a break to mourn a show in the yard
a library with fireworks
a person to take the weight off
sweep the scale up
the pressure is imagined
I don't need what they do
the place on Parkview
magazines in the love seat
baby pictures in the cabinets
now in our faces
I have a feeling about this
oh I have a feeling about this
I'm present, visible
I can't see the picture that's on though
your Father's condition
you made an Ability
beautiful people you had crying
I need the rest of that feeling
I need the rest of that feeling
I need the rest of that feeling
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6. |
Lighthouse
03:34
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I want you to know
things I really don't
how I've moved on
though I haven't left this spot
an SUV pulls up
I hear Katrina made a call
saved Jackson from their mom
they talk shit with her on
eating cake in the driveway
her face tells us her name
her intention is their fate
I spun everything to you
as an errand we could save
I need you to know
I'll never make it that difficult
for you to look at me, again
but John cleared my head
the way I'm taking could be
at my own expense
I won't berate you for your honesty
but I can't be cherished incompletely
our time before this was heavy
your trip in Iceland
your body breaking out
Lindsay making herself
us driving in the heat
making sounds we now see
as a language only we can speak
our love
right as it coiled
when I left it to take it
I felt like a kid
but I should have been a man
oh
I need you to know
I know why it's like this
but since we can love still
can we kiss?
for me
there's a life without all of it
and I'm here living it
my Lighthouse to live in
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